Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.

The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Then invest in ETH instead. It uses proof of stake instead of proof of work.

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      10 months ago

      You are proof that the only people interested in crypto do it to try and become rich.

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        10 months ago

        That user only represents some of crypto. There are others like myself who are not in it to get rich, but to maintain sovereignty in a surveillance state and dystopian world such as we are heading for.

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                    10 months ago

                    Fair point, I did my own research and came to the same conclusion and have been active in the Monero community. However, don’t take my word for it, do the reading yourself, and I think you will come to the same conclusion. The article mentioned zcash too which is not private as they are willing to change their code to stay complient with governmyth surveillance demands and therefore have no ethos. monero was just delisted from binance a few days ago because the community refused to comply with demands to hurt user privacy. This IMO shows backbone.

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              10 months ago

              Sorry but if it is available for anyone to use its public, you can’t use a blockchain currency without downloading and referencing the block chain. Something that can NOT be changed by you or I

              Replace blockchain with ledger, because that is what it is. It is no more secure than using a fucking bank card.

              Seriously how fucking stupid are all of you people?

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          You assume that crypto is some “honest” and “for the people” currency system because its all documented in the blockchain, when in reality it is gamed by big banks, investors and scammers just like other financial tool where a lot of money is involved and no or insufficiant regulations are in place. If Elon tweets “you can no longer buy tesla withy bitcoin”, your savings will loose a lot of value over night.

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        10 months ago

        Next you’re probably going to claim people who go to work just do it for the money.